Heaven Seizing Sect's Three Heroes, the Bloodlight Jade Box

Among the ten great cities of the Northern Wasteland, Wu Tuo City lay closest to the surface.

Places like Sanlian Bastions, though under Fengdu City's jurisdiction, still stood some distance from the main city. Wu Tuo City, by contrast, had its upper half aboveground, relying solely on restrictive formations to withstand the assaults of the black storms. Its environment was relatively harsh, utterly unlike the indulgent, dream-drunk decadence west of Fengdu City.

The reason for this, upon closer examination, was probably that this place served as one of the Northern Wasteland Sand Bandits' most renowned gathering and distribution grounds. It had gained an extra measure of savage ferocity out of nowhere; even the city itself was like this.

In the aboveground section of the city, the tallest structure was Heaven-Stealing Tower. It was not particularly remarkable in itself, no more than seven stories high, yet against the backdrop of low buildings filling the city, it stood out conspicuously.

It was not as though no one had ever built something taller than Heaven-Stealing Tower. However, in Wu Tuo City, the crime of "colliding with" the Heaven Seizing Sect's core symbol carried only one verdict: death.

At that moment, some dozen people were seated in Heaven-Stealing Tower. Even the weakest among them was at mid-stage Restored Elixir cultivation, while three possessed Void Stepping cultivation.

Of them, the Heart-Snatching Daoist held the highest status.

As the Heaven Seizing Sect's master, the Heart-Snatching Daoist had had no shortage of worries lately. The Yellow Springs Secret Mansion campaign had dealt the sect considerable losses. Though they had seized several magical artifacts, it had become the root of their falling out with Great Vertebra Hall, Blood Report Hall, and others. Even within the sect, discord was widespread.

Still, no matter how scalding a yam was, there